Sanskrit Studies

Sanskrit Studies

The Sanskrit Studies area features immersive study of the Sanskrit language in Sanskrit medium, starting from basic familiarity, moving towards proficiency and takes the students deep into the world of mastery of Sanskrit. Underscoring the importance of Sanskrit for the study of the source texts of the Vedas, Vedanta, Yoga, Ayurveda, and Shastras, in general, i.e. the varied knowledge systems rooted in Hindu thought, this collection of courses focus on practice-oriented study, providing direct, unmediated access to these source-texts without having to rely on translations.

Immersion in this area prepares students for a rigorous engagement with Hindu knowledge systems including the literary, spiritual and scientific literature embedded in the Sanskrit language. It enables the students to explore ancient and classical texts such as the Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas and the Prasthana Traya with a commitment and concern for the wellbeing and future of humanity. Students who wish to specialize in Sanskrit may take a minimum of six and as many as ten different courses from the Sanskrit Concentration, in addition to the basic Hindu Studies Foundation courses to complete the course work requirements for their Graduate Degrees.

Bhagavad Gita through Samskritam - Intermediate III

Bhagavad Gita through Samskritam – Intermediate III

SAN1023 - The Third Quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Bhagavad Gītā through Saṃskṛtam course expands the students' grammatical ...
Bhagavad-Gita

Certificate Program in Bhagavad-Gita through Samskritam

SAN1023 - The Third Quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Bhagavad Gītā through Saṃskṛtam course expands the students' grammatical ...
Proficiency in Spoken Samskritam Advance Part - 2

Spoken Samskritam Advanced II

SAN0006 – The sixth and final course in the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) concludes this well-structured program in ...
Proficiency in Spoken Samskritam Advance

Spoken Samskritam Advanced I

SAN0005 – The fifth course in the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) aspires to facilitate the students to become ...
Spoken Samskritam Intermediate II

Spoken Samskritam Intermediate II

SAN0004 – The fourth course in the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) aims to enable students to become conversant ...
Spoken Samskritam Beginner II

Spoken Samskritam Beginner II

SAN0002 – The second course of the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) will primarily focus on the developing the ...
Spoken Samskritam Beginner I

Spoken Samskritam Beginner I

SAN0001 – The first course of the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) will primarily focus on mastering the correct ...
Spoken Samskritam Intermediate I

Spoken Samskritam Intermediate I

SAN0003 – The third course in the Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS) aims to to help students develop a ...
Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam

Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam

Program Code: MCSS Course Codes: 0001 - 0006 Credit Hours: 9 Quarter-Credit-Hours Duration: 1.5 years Express Interest Enroll in Program ...
Sanskrit Proficiency - IV

Sanskrit Proficiency – IV

SAN0404 - In the fourth and final quarter of the Proficiency Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0404), ...
Sanskrit Proficiency - III

Sanskrit Proficiency – III

SAN0403 - In the third quarter of the Proficiency Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0403), the students ...
Sanskrit Proficiency - II

Sanskrit Proficiency – II

SAN0402  - The second quarter of the Proficiency Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0402) is dedicated to ...
Sanskrit Proficiency - I

Sanskrit Proficiency – I

SAN0401 - In the first quarter of the Proficiency Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0401), students will ...
Advanced Sanskrit - IV

Advanced Sanskrit – IV

SAN0304 - In the fourth quarter of the Advanced Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0304), students will ...
Advanced Sanskrit - III

Advanced Sanskrit – III

SAN0303 - In the third quarter of the Advanced Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, students will delve ...
Advanced Sanskrit - II

Advanced Sanskrit – II

SAN0302 - In the second quarter of the Advanced Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, students will have ...
Sanskrit Proficiency

Certificate Program In Sanskrit Proficiency

Program Code: CPSP Course Codes: 0101 – 0404 Credit Hours: 24 Quarter-Credit-Hours Duration: 4 years Express Interest Enroll in Program ...
Advanced Sanskrit - I

Advanced Sanskrit – I

SAN0301 - In the first quarter of the Advanced Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (SAN0301), students will ...
Intermediate Sanskrit - IV

Intermediate Sanskrit – IV

SAN0204 - In this last fourth quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency , students ...
Intermediate Sanskrit - III

Intermediate Sanskrit – III

SAN0203 - The third quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency focuses on applying the ...
Intermediate Sanskrit - II

Intermediate Sanskrit – II

SAN0202 - In the second quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, students are introduced ...
Beginning Sanskrit - II

Beginning Sanskrit – II

SAN0102 - The Second Quarter of the Beginner Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, aims to further the ...
Beginning Sanskrit - IV

Beginning Sanskrit – IV

SAN0104 - The fourth quarter of the Beginner Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency signifies the culmination of ...
Beginning Sanskrit - III

Beginning Sanskrit – III

SAN0103 - The third quarter of the Beginner Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, takes the students deeper ...
Intermediate Sanskrit - I

Intermediate Sanskrit – I

SAN0201 - The first quarter of the Intermediate Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency signifies the commencement of ...
Beginning Sanskrit - I

Beginning Sanskrit – I

SAN0101 - The First Quarter of the Beginner Phase of the Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency, develops students without any ...
Satsang in Samskritam - Kanakadhaaraastotram

Satsang in Samskrtam – Kanakadhaaraastotram

SAN3104 - In this Course students will learn select shlokas from Adi Shankara’s Kanakadhaaraastotram. The entire course will be taught ...
Satsang in Samskritam - NirvaaNaShaTkam

Satsang in Samskrtam – NirvaaNaShaTkam

SAN3103 - In this Course students will learn the full set of 6 shlokas from Adi Shankara’s NirvaaNaShaTkam text. The ...
Bhaja Govindam

Satsang in Samskrtam – Bhaja Govindam

SAN3102- In this Course Students will learn to think about the Bhaja Govindam from within the Sanskrit language, along with ...
Soundaryalaharii

Satsang in Samskrtam – Soundaryalaharii

SAN3101 - In this Course students will learn a select set of shlokas from Adi Shankara’s Soundaryalaharii text. The entire ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 17 and 18) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1044- This course is the last in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 16 and 17) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1043- This course is the 15th in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 15 and 16) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1042- This course is the 14th in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 13 and 14) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1041- This course is the 13th in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 11 and 12) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1034- This course is the 12th in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 9 and 10) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1033- This course is the eleventh in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 7 and 8) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1032- This course is the tenth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Advanced Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 5 and 6) and Advanced Samskritam

SAN1031- This course is the nineth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Samskritam ...
Intermediate Samskritam - Learn Bhagavad Geeta Ch-3

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 4) and Intermediate Samskritam

SAN1024 - This course is the eighth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
Intermediate Samskritam - Learn Bhagavad Geeta Ch-3

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 3) and Intermediate Samskritam – 2

SAN1022 - This course is the sixth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
Intermediate Samskritam - Learn Bhagavad Geeta Ch-3

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 3) and Intermediate Samskritam

SAN1021 - This course is the fifth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and Simple Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and Simple Samskritam – 2

SAN1014 - This course is the fourth in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
learn bhagavad geeta

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 1) and simple Samskritam -2

SAN1012 - Learn Bhagavad Geeta course is the second in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program and learn Bhagavad ...
learn bhagavad geeta

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 1) and simple Samskritam

SAN1011 - This course is the 1st in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
Advanced Sanskrit - Cases Moods, and Suffixes, Intermediate Sanskrit - Exercises in Cases Moods, and Suffixes

Intermediate Sanskrit – Exercises in Cases Moods, and Suffixes

SAN0007 - Refresh knowledge of tenses and vibhaktis; Read and comprehend hitopadesha stories; Engage in everyday conversations; Comprehend longer stories, ...
Learn Yogashaastram –kaivalyapAdaH 1st Section – With advanced Sanskrit proficiency

Learn Yogashaastram –kaivalyapAdaH 1st Section – With advanced Sanskrit proficiency

SAN3107 In this course students will build upon their study of Yogashaastram in SAN3101-4, plus SAN3105-6, to gain familiarity with ...
Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and Simple Samskritam

Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and simple Samskritam

SAN1013 - This course is the third in a 16-course sequence which constitutes the Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through ...
Vyakarana, Applied Vedic Science, Spoken Samskritam

Applied Vedic Science – Advanced (Vedanta)

SAN8110 - The schools of philosophy based on the last portions of the Vedas, i.e. Vedānta, not only vary in ...
Foundation of Vedanta

Applied Vedic Science – Vedanta (Basic)

SAN8109 - The Vedic body of knowledge provides scope for different interpretations even when connected with the same objectives. Particularly, ...
Applied Vedic Science - Basic Ayurveda

Applied Vedic Science – Basic (Ayurveda)

SAN7105 - The wellbeing of the individual and society in the Vedic vision of the universe included both material and ...
Applied Vedic Science - Basic Jyotish

Applied Vedic Science – Basic (Jyotish)

SAN7107 - The Vedic knowledge systems of the Hindu traditions were supported by auxiliary systems called Vedāṅgas in understanding the ...
Applied Vedic Science Advanced Ayurveda

Applied Vedic Science – Advanced (Ayurveda)

SAN8108 - This course provides an in-depth appreciation of the science and practice of Āyurveda, through a study of one ...
Applied Vedic Science Advanced Jyotish

Applied Vedic Science – Advanced (Jyotisha)

Applied Vedic Science Advanced Jyotish - SAN8107 - Jyotiṣa (loosely translated as astrology/astronomy), described as the eyes of the Vedas, ...
Applied Vedic Science | Advanced Yoga, Yoga Studies

Applied Vedic Science – Advanced (Yoga)

SAN8105 - The wellbeing of the individual and society in the Vedic vision of the universe included both material and ...
Introduction to Vedas

Sahitya – IV

SAN8103 - This course explores the features of prose and campū literature in Sanskrit and provides an illustration of each ...
Sahitya 3

Sahitya – III

SAN7103 - In the Hindu literary tradition, literary compositions inculcate awareness and sensibility of Dharma in the minds of both ...
Sahitya Padya, Micro-Certificate in Spoken Samskritam (MCSS)

Sahitya – Padya

SAN6103 - In the Hindu literary tradition, literary compositions inculcate awareness and sensibility of Dharma in the minds of both ...
Sahitya Landscape

Sahitya Landscape

SAN5103 - In the Hindu literary tradition, literary compositions inculcate awareness and sensibility of Dharma in the minds of both ...
Bhagavad-Gita for the Beginner - Sodhana, Gnana, Vyakarana – IV

Vyakarana – IV

SAN8102 - Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī is a monumental work in the sūtra format (short aphorisms) that establishes the grammar for classical ...
vyakarana

Vyakarana – III

SAN7102 - Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī is a monumental work in the sūtra format (short aphorisms) that establishes the grammar for classical ...
Vyakarana, Applied Vedic Science, Spoken Samskritam

Vyakarana – II

SAN6102 - The course involves the study of sections of the Laghu-siddhānta-kaumudī pertaining to the technical terms, rules of interpretation ...
Sanskrit Vyakarana - 1

Vyakarana – I

SAN5102 - Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī is a monumental work in the sūtra format (short aphorisms) that establishes the grammar for classical ...
Atharvaveda - The Vedas

The Vedas (Atharva)

SAN8104 - Vedic texts constitute the foundation of the worldview and way of life that informs Hindu life and culture ...
the vedas

The Vedas (Yajus-Sama)

SAN7104 - Vedic texts constitute the foundation of the worldview and way of life that informs Hindu life and culture ...
Applied Vedic Sciences. holistic yoga

Applied Vedic Sciences Basic (Yoga)

SAN6105 - This course introduces the categories of Yoga with their respective definitions, based on the Yogasūtras of Patañjali along ...
Mimamsa Advanced - Hindu University of America, Philosophical Reflections | Upanishadic Dialogues

Mimamsa Advanced

SAN8106 - Epistemology is an important subject of study across several śāstras in the Indic knowledge tradition, in both Vedic ...
Nyaya-vaisesika, Understanding Hinduphobia, Hinduism,

Nyaya-vaisesika Advanced

SAN7101 - The key features of the Navya-nyāya system of thought as it evolved in time to become the main ...
The Vedas (Rgveda)

The Vedas (Rgveda)

SAN6104 - The course provides an overview of the features, structure, and contents of the Ṛgveda as well as provides ...
Term project

Term Project – Sanskrit Studies

SAN8101 - At the end of 36 Credit-hours of course work, students will have an adequate introduction to the subjects ...
The Yoga of Bhagavad Gita, Mimamsa Basic

Mimamsa Basic

SAN7106 - In the Hindu knowledge traditions, the science of interpreting various Vedic injunctions and aphorisms, and methods of reconciling ...
Nyaya Vaisesika Basic, sanskrit studies, Sanskrit language

Nyaya-Vaisesika Basic

SAN6101 - Two distinct systems of classification of world phenomena, i.e. ontologies have emerged from the Vedic thought called Nyaya ...
Ayurveda, Vedic Science Foundations, Ayurveda The Wisdom of Wellbeing

Vedic Science Foundations

SAN5101 - India has its own highly systematized method of scientific discourse that is followed in all scientific texts, called ...
Introduction to Vedas

Introduction to Vedas

SAN5104 - Vedic texts constitute the foundation of the worldview and way of life that informs Hindu life and culture ...